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Smith & Wesson chairman had
the wrong kind of experience
James Joseph Minder was forced to step down as chairman
of gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson after it was
discovered that he had the wrong kind of experience with
firearms. Minder was convicted of armed robbery for a
string of armed robberies in Michigan and spent 15 years
in prison. He came under intense pressure to resign by
critics that felt a convicted armed robber should not be
allowed to own a handgun much less chair a gun
manufacturer's board of directors.
By most accounts he led an exemplary life after being released from
prison in 1969 and even started a non-profit
organization that worked with at-risk youth,
developmentally disabled adults and parents wishing to
adopt foster children. Minder will remain on the board
of directors of Smith & Wesson.
Bank CEO forced
to resign after
porn files found on his computer
 Bank
of Ireland CEO Michael Soden resigned after porn files
were discovered on his computer. In a statement, Soden
admitted that "This arises from access by me on my PC to
internet sites that contain content that infringed the
(bank's) policy on these matters. The content accessed
was not illegal but did contain links to material of an
adult nature." Shortly after taking the job, he had
outsourced the bank's IT services to Hewlett-Packard.
Former employees of the bank, now HP employees
discovered the files during an audit of his computer.
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